Landscapes of Dauria

World Heritage

Mongolia

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The site, located between Mongolia and the Russian Federation, is an outstanding example of the Daur Steppe ecoregion, which stretches from eastern Mongolia to Russian Siberia and northeastern China. Cyclic climate change, with distinct wet and dry periods, results in a diversity of species and ecosystems of global significance. The steppe ecosystems vary in type, such as steppes and forests, as well as lakes and wetlands, and are home to rare animals such as white-naped cranes, great bustards, relict gulls and swan geese, as well as millions of vulnerable, endangered or threatened migratory birds. It is also a key site on the transboundary migration path of the Mongolian gazelle.

# Climate Change

# Mongolia

# Russian Federation

# Grassland Ecoregion

# Species diversity

# Rare animals